Improved heel-seat foe boots and shoes



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IlSllPRiWED HEEL-SEATTOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

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TO ALL WHOM VIT MAY CONCERN: K

Be itknown4 that LGORGE I. MASON, of Lewistown, in the county ofjFnlton, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improved Heel-Seat with Sole attached; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a'full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use lthe same, reference being had to thfe accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication.

The present invention relates to a new' and useful heel-seat, for the preventing the heels and soles of bo'ots and shoes from greater wear on the one side, vwhen so inclined, than 0n the opposite side of the same'boot orrshoe, whichvwill be now described, as well as the manner ot' its use, reference drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are' plan views.

Figure 3, altinvertedview of figs. l and 2.

Figure 4, an inverted view of the heel-seat.

. Figure '5, arview 0 fuppe r side of the heel-seat. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. 4

anim the drawing, fig. 1, represents the form` of the heel-sent with sole attached, its form being that of a crescent, being made of any suitable material, and of convenient size to conform to the boot or' shoe worn. The

, form of the upper surface, g. 5, being a. concave inclnedfplane, the nether. surface c, figf4, being convex. forming a thin edge with `theupper surface onithe'inside rim of the crescent, the outer or thick eide or edged is extended beyond the net-her surface, forming a thin or feather-edge, e. ffff represent rivet-heads.attachingv the soles to the heel-seat. The sole g'gg'may be made of any suitable material,` and of full length, and may be worn as au insole to the'boot or shoe.`

-".lhe useef the heel-seat with the sole `attached is, that it may be worn on the inside'of the boot.or shoe, and under the heel of thefoot, on the side-of the boot or vshoe that is most worn and inclined to run down, which will have the effect to bring the bearing `orweight of the person .en the opposite side from that which is thus worn off, causing the wearof the bootfheel and sole to becoine nearer equaland perpendicular. The lower edge of the -thick or oitte side, falling below the under surface of the wheel-seat, will nd a resting-place between the insole and upper leather of the boot or shoe when used, `thereby holding the heel-seat, with sole attached, in its 'proper position. AThe heelfs'eat, with its Sole, is made in pairs, the one for the right andthe other for the left of4 the foot or hoot,.as necessity-may require. i

claim as new, and desirento secure Vby Letters Patent- A heel-seat with sole attached, for'the I'purpose specified, and consisting of the crescent form with sole attached, as and for the purpose specified.4 'i

being had to the accompanying GEORGE I. VMASON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE WHITAIIER, NATHAN HICKS.' 

